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YHWH,יְהוָהwhatמָהis a human beingאָדָםthat you know him,וַתֵּדָעֵהוּthe sonבֶּןof a mortalאֱנוֹשׁthat you take account of him?וַתְּחַשְּׁבֵהוּ
Psalms 144:3
Study it in the app“YHWH, what is a human being that you know him, the son of a mortal that you take account of him?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 144:3, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- is a human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- that you know himתֵּדָעֵtedae
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “tedae” appears- the sonבֶּןben
human being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appears- of a mortalאֱנוֹשׁenosh
man, mortal
Man, mortal: the human being seen in his weakness; also people in general.
Where else “enosh” appears- that you take account of himתְּחַשְּׁבֵtechashve
think
To turn something over in the mind until forming an opinion.
Where else “techashve” appears
Translation note
A question similar to that of Psalms 8:4; verse 4 recalls Psalms 39:5.
The context
2my loyal love and my fortress, my high refuge and the one who brings me to safety, my shield, and in him I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
3 · This verse (above)
4A human being is like a vapor; his days are like a shadow that passes.